Epithelioid cells in myoid hamartoma of the breast: A potential diagnostic pitfall for core biopsies

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 676-680

  Garfein, Carol F ^b   Aulicino, Michael R ^a   Leytin, Anatoly ^a   Drossman, Susan ^a   Hermann, George ^a   Bleiweiss, Ira J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mount Sinai Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIOID CELL; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CYTOPLASM; DESMOSOMES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 0030035554     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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